ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, April 7, 1997 TAG: 9704070149
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
Virginia Tech built a four-run lead by the sixth inning Sunday, then had to hold on to edge Rhode Island 9-8 in an Atlantic 10 baseball game in Kingston, R.I.
Matt Reynolds (William Byrd) hit a two-run homer in the sixth to give the Hokies (18-16, 6-3) a 9-5 lead. Denny Wagner (6-2) pitched 81/3 innings before leaving after allowing a three-run homer to the Rams (7-11-1, 2-4) in the ninth. Blake Clancy got the last two outs for his first save.
Austin Rappe, Nick Perlozzo and Ryan Brittle (Radford) each had three hits for Tech.
GOLF
Tech 7th at Augusta
Virginia Tech finished seventh (879) in the three-round, 18-team Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational in Augusta, Ga.
Curtis Deal, a senior, led the Hokies in a tie for seventh with rounds of 71,73 and 72 for 216. Brad Hyler shot 217 to tie for 10th.
Mississippi State won the team title with a total of 855.
Bluefield wins title: Bluefield had no trouble holding on to win the Virginia State Division II-III Golf Championship at Stoney Creek Golf Course at Wintergreen. Bluefield shot 309 to finish with a 609 total, well ahead of second-place Longwood's 636.
Ferrum, led by Ed Alvarez's 78-72, finished third with 643. Alvarez lost a playoff for first place. Roanoke was eighth in the 15-team tournament with 674.
SOFTBALL
Hokies split with Bonnies
Virginia Tech equaled the number of victories of its initial season a year ago by splitting an Atlantic 10 doubleheader with St. Bonaventure in Olean, N.Y.
Tech (16-20) won the first game 4-2 after second baseman Christine Trunnell made a diving grab to start a double play and kill and St. Bonaventure rally in the seventh. St. Bonaventure broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning of the first game to win 2-1. Michelle Meadows homered for Tech's only run.
Ferrum finishes third: Ferrum beat Lynchburg 16-6 to finish third in the Ferrum Softball Invitational. Tracy Cummings (Alleghany) led Ferrum (13-18) with two hits, including a double, and two RBI.
Chirstopher Newport won the tournament, defeating Savannah College of Art and Design 5-4.
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